- When and how did the Universe begin to exist?
- Why are we, humans, here on Earth?
- Why is there "something" instead of "nothing"?
- What is the nature of reality?
- Why do the laws of nature appear so finely tuned to allow the existence of beings like us?
- Does the phenomenon of the Universe's design indicate a benevolent creator who set everything in motion? Or does science have another explanation?

The most fundamental questions about the origin of the Universe and life itself are today the point of convergence - but also disagreement - of scientists, philosophers, and theologians. In "The Grand Design," the latest word of science on the mysteries of the Universe is presented in a way that is characterized by both sharpness of mind and simplicity.
The book explains our most contemporary reflections on "realism according to the model" (the idea that there is not exclusively one version of reality) and the "theory of the multiverse" (the idea that there is a multitude of universes); it presents new perspectives on the cosmological approach "from top to bottom" (the idea that there is not one but every possible story about the Universe); and it provides a disarming assessment of the M-theory, perhaps the unified theory to the pursuit of which Einstein dedicated his entire life.
It is a major work by one of the greatest thinkers of our time - which comes after about a decade of silence. "The Grand Design" is a comprehensive, impressive, richly illustrated guide to discoveries that radically change our understanding of our World and threaten to shake some of our deepest-rooted beliefs; a book that comes to inform, and provoke, like no other.